I was waiting to see if anyone picked up Big Tim on his posting where he claims that the youngest soldier killed in "that conflict" referring , it seems, to the War of Independence in Ireland, was a 14 year-old British soldier. I believe he is referring to a certain John Condon of Waterford who was accepted by British Army recruiting officers although , indeed, only 14years of age. He was killed in WW1, in France, not in that other conflict.